Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-03
THE VETO SUSTAINED.
The House Refuses to Pass the De-
pendent Pension Bill.
Miscellaneous News and Congressional
Summary.

Miscellaneous News and Conversational |
summary.
WASHINGTON, Feb'y IS, 1887
The house, by vote of l75 to l25, has re-
fused TO pass the dependent pension bill |
over the presidents veto. The debate on
the report OF the pension committee rec
ommending the passage of the bill over
the executives Veto was the chief event
in the house the past week. The event !
had been looked for, and the number of
petitions from the q. A. II. from Maine to
California had awakened more than usual
interest.
Officers who served in the volunteer
armies of the United States during the
late war. who are entitled to remuster and
readjustment of pay accounts under the
Cutcheon act, which was approved by the
President a few days ago, have only
very short time in which to file their
claims. Under decision of the depart
ment the act will be lnoperati We on all
claims fled after June /. The law refer
red to gives the Acknowledgement the pow
er to muster officers from the date Of their
assumption Of the duties of the grade to
mastering music ' them rom ' the date on
which their commissions were actually de-
livered. 1t is estimated that least ten and
possibly twenty officers to every regiment
which entered the war are effected by this
act. Applications for remuster should be
forwarded to the Acknowledgement at once,
applications for pay allowances to the
the second auditor of the treasury.
The act to identify certain subjects Of
the Chinese empire for losses sustained by
mob violence at Rock Springs. w. T., in
Sept, 1885, has been signed by the President
There is a great diversity of opinion as
to whether the president has the power TO
appoint the interstate commerce COM
mission after the adjournment. 1t is held
' on one side that the power conferred by
the constitution to fill vacancies which
may happen during a vacation of the SEN
ate does not cover the right to appoint to
a newly created Office which is to be filled
by and with the advice and consent of the
senate On the other hand it is argued
| that vacancy "happens'' much by the
act of creation as by the death or resigna-
! tion of an incumbent and there are be-
lieved to be decisions by attorney generals
covering the point, to the effect that the
president has the power to appoint
| In support of the presidents right to APP
( point the commissioners during recess
of the senate, those who take this view
! quote the appointment OF court officers
| for the southern district OF California
during the recess of the present congress.
| A law was passed at the last session of
congress creating the Judicial district of
| Southern California. No appointment of
| the new officers thus created was made by
| the president. however, until congress had
| ad journed. when the Judge, attorney and
marshal created by the bill were appointed
and entered upon the discharge of their
duties.
Senator Shermon received a personal
note from the President stating that he
| has conferred with a number of senators
on the subject and has reached the conclu-
! sion that there exists no necessity for q
| special session of the senate. He says he
will call none unless some unforeseen con-
| tingency arises.
The senate has passed the bill an inquiry
| into the management of affairs OF the
| Pacific railroad. The bill as passed pro-
vides for the appointment OF the three
| commissioners with a compensation of
$50 a month, travelling expenses and
! board bills, with power to examine all
books papers and methods Of the railroad
companies 1t appropriates 100000 for
! the purpose of the investigation aud IL
| authorizes the president Of deemed neces-
sary 10y HIM TO redeem or otherwise clear
off all prior liens, mortgages or other
| membranes by paying out of the treas
| ury the sums due thereon; on which the
| government shall be subrogated to all the
rights of the first mortgages. The sinking
| funds held in the treasury as security for
! the indebtedness of the companies may be
| invested i'm the subsidy bonds or in the
| first mortgage bonds of the companies.
states and territories the direct war tax
| of 1861 is liable to be defeated in the house
because several leading members believe
| il should come in with general bill set
| Ting at one time all accounts between the
states and the general government.
| The scismoscope set up in the physical
! laboratory at the United States signal Of
| flee in this city was disturbed by and ac-
| curately recorded at 1850 meridian time
| Feb. I'D inst. the arrival at this point Of
the recent earthquake that occurred in
| France and Italy. A rough calculation
| gives about 500 miles per hour as the We
| locity of transmission,
The following resolution was introduced
| in the senate the other day and laid away
! for future reference: RESOLVED, That it Is
the judgment of the senate that under
present circumstances no negotiation
| should be undertaken with Great Britain
in regard to existing difficulties with her
province of Canada which has for its OBJ.
| ject the reduction. change or abolition of
any of our existing duties on imports
| The senate has expressed itself very en-
| phatically upon the original bill, and 1t
will not agree to the house amendment.
| The measure will now go to a conference
| committee, and it is very probable that
nothing will be done at this session # con-
| gress.
The secretary of the treasury recon-
| mends that an appropriation of 81, 493. 16
| be made to refund to Michigan expenses
| incurred in raising volunteers during the
war.
The house has voted an appropriation
| for new war vessels. The appropriation
calls for 81, 10000 for the construction of
two swift double bottomed steel cruisers,
each of about 1000 tons displacement, of
| the type of the Newark, except boilers
and machinery four of about 1,700 tons
displacement, of the type of gunboat No.
|, and one swift torpedo Soat-said vessels
to cost altogether, exclusive of armament,
not more than S4,951000.
| President Cleveland has vetoed the bill
for public building at Portsmouth, Ohio,
business of that city must be done in a
rented building.
SIN the house of correction at Detroit
| there were on June 30, 1885, 224 United
States prisoners confined. To this institu-
ton are committed by the authorities of
the city Of Detroit only offenders against
and violators of the law, convicted of
| petty otfenses and sentenced to terms not
exceeding one year. In that institution
| the manufacture of chairs is extensively
| carried on, and to such an extent as to
facturers of that city and state. The
manufacturers who have their capital in
vested manufacturing furniture in Michi
gan, as well rs the workmen, complain at
this unjust competition. 1t is obvious
that were it not for the long term prison
ers in that institution some OF them under
sentence for life, this industry would not
be, as it is, practically ruined, outside of
the prison. 1t Is estimated that one-third
of the prisoners received at the Desroit
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